Handkerchief



(No Model.)

' J. E LEE.

HANDKERGH IEP.

No. 321,732. I Patented July 7, 1885.v

NITED Starks a'rnr siren.

JOHN EDWARD LEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HANDKERCHIEF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,732, dated July 7, 1885.

Application filed April 2-2, 1885. (No model.)

I0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN EDWARD LEE, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and Improved Handkerchief, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of that kind of handkerehiefs that are provided with ornamental borders or with borders suitably colored for'mourning or other purposes.

My invention consists, primarily, in forming' the border of the handkerchief wholly or in part of two or more thicknesses of fabric suitable for embroidering and having free outer edges, as distinguished from a handkerchief having a border formed of a single piece of fabric laid in folds or plaits, and which in that sense may be said to be of several thicknesses.

My invention also consists in providing a handkerchief with a border formed wholly or in part of several thicknesses of fabric having free outer edges, one or more of such thicknesses being so cut away at suitable points as to expose the fabric beneath the cut-away portion.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated a handkerchief made in 'accordance'with my invention, Figure 1 showing a plan view of a handkerchief having several styles of my improved border applied thereto, and Fig. 2 showing a detail View of one corner of a handkerchief having a border made in accordance with my invention.

A designates the body of the handkerchief, made, preferably, of a single thickness of fabric, the borders upon the respective sides of which are each formed of two thicknesses of facric. Upon one side of the body the thicknesses Band Bof fabric are provided, respectivel y, with the square projections and the cutaway spaces, arranged in such manner that the projections of one thickness shall come opposite the cut-away spaces of the other. The separate thicknesses may be formed of the same fabric, having the projections suitably embroidered or otherwise ornamented, if desired, or may be formed of fabric of suitably-contrasting colors.

'lying thickness E will appear.

In one side of the body A, I have shown the border as formed of two thicknesses, G and C, the thickness 0 being formed narrower than 0 and having its edge suitably embroidered, as shown. By thus forming a border of separate thicknesses having free edges I am enabled to embroider each side of the border, if desired, in different styles and in such manner that the reverse side of the embroidery shall not be exposed.

At one side of the handkerchief the border is shown as formed of the three thicknesses of fabric, each of which is provided with ornamental scallops disposed in such manner that the scallops of one thickness shall come opposite the space between the scallops of the other.

I have shown at one side of the body of the handkerchief a border formed of two thicknesses, E and E, of fabric of suitably-contrasting color. The thickness E is shown as con sisting of a straight strip (broken away in part) slightly narrower than E and of a dark color, or black, if a mourning handkerchief is to be made, and the thickness E is shown as provided with square projections having openings 6, through which the color of the under- The corners of the handkerchief will be preferably formed of two thicknesses of fabric having free outer edges, each thickness being suitably embroidered or otherwise ornamented. If desired,one of the corner thicknesses may be formed smaller than the other, as seen at f,- or the corners may be formed in the same manner as the remainder of the border.

In making a handkerchief, if the same material is used for the several thicknesses of the border, I prefer to form the borders after the manner of an ordinary hemstitched handkerchief, having a row of stitching, a, at a suitable distance from its edges, and subsequently cut open and hem the outer edges of the border, so as to leave the same free; but if fabrics of different kinds or colors are used for the border one of the thicknesses may be formed in piece with the body of the handkerchief and the others may be suitably sewed in place. In all cases the free edges of the border should be embroidered or hemmed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a few only of the various ways in which my invention may be employed in the formation of an ornamental border for a handkerchief; but it will be readily understood that various other styles of ornamental borders may he produced without departing from the spirit of my invention. It will also be seen that, if desired, three or more thicknesses of fabric may be used for the border, although I regard the construction shown as the prcferablc one.

I am aware that it has been heretofore proposed to provide a handkerchief with a border formed of plaited material, and such construction, therefore, I do not wish to be understood as claiming.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A handkerchief having a border conr posed in whole or in part of several thiclc 2o nesses of plain fabric suitable for embroider ing and having free outer edges, substantially as described.

2. A handkerchief having a border formed in whole or in part of several thicknesses of 25 plain fabric, portions of one or more thicknesses being cut away to expose the subjacent fabric, substantially as described.

3. Ahandkerchief havingits corners formed of several thicknesses of embroidered plain 3o fabric having free edges, substantially as describcd. r r 7 JOHN EDWARD LEE. \Vitnesses:

GEO. T. FISHER, J r., L. HoLMnon. 

